Kachodi With Peas

Ingredients:

• For filling:
• 1 cup fresh peas, shelled and cooked with salt
• 1/2 cup green or yellow moong dal , cooked
• 5 green chilies
• 1" piece ginger, grated
• 1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
• 1/4 tsp. coriander seeds, crushed coarsely
• 1 tsp. chilly powder
• 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp. amchoor powder
• salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp. each mustard & cumin seeds
• 3-4 pinches asafetida
• 1 tbsp. oil
• For crust:
• 2-1/4 cups plain flour
• 1 tbsp. melted ghee
• water to knead

Method:

• Make a thick dough.
• Divide dough into 10 parts.
• In a pan pour oil and make seasoning with mustard and cumin seeds.
• Add cooked peas and moong dal and all other ingredients.
• Mix well and allow the filling to become like a mass.
• Remove and allow it to cool.
• And make 10 balls out of that.
• Make the dough balls like a small thick puri and keep one filling in that.
• Close it with fingers and palm.
• Heat oil in frying pan, add enough kachoris to fit comfortably.
• Fry other side, drain, keep aside.
• Repeat for all dough and filling.
• Serve hot with green or tamarind chutneys.